South Gloucestershire council: Reduce the number of elected councillors by 25% across the authority.

South Gloucestershire Council have and continue to make cuts to its Staff, Services (Inc Front Line Services), Community Grants and assets to name a few; to save around £45 Million over a three year period.

To date, there has been no mention of a reduction to elected councillors as a cost saving measure.

Reducing the number of elected councillors by 25% would save the authority around £200,000.00 every year and almost £1 Million, every four year term.

There can be no argument that any reduction would impact on representation for the public as a large number of councillors currently fail to work for, or effectively represent their communities at present, proving that the number of councillors is too high.

This petition was delivered to:

Chief ExecutiveAmanda Deeks

Letter to

Chief ExecutiveAmanda Deeks

South Gloucestershire Council have and continue to make cuts to its Staff, Services (Inc Front Line Services), Community Grants and assets to name a few; to save around £45 Million over a three year period.

To date, there has been no mention of a reduction to elected councillors as a cost saving measure.

Reducing the number of elected councillors by 25% would save the authority around £200,000.00 every year and almost £1 Million, every four year term.

There can be no argument that any reduction would impact on representation for the public as a large number of councillors currently fail to work for, or effectively represent their communities at present, proving that the number of councillors is too high.